LONDON — Theresa May emerged on Monday as Britain’s next prime minister, becoming the second woman after Margaret Thatcher to lead the country. She faces multiple challenges as soon as she takes office, from negotiating the nation’s departure from the European Union to addressing deep social and political divisions to reviving a wounded economy.
Her victory came on another day of rapid developments in British politics and set in motion a process that officials said would put her in 10 Downing Street by Wednesday night, succeeding David Cameron.

Ms. May, until now Britain’s home secretary, is set to take over at a time of immense upheaval. The nation must not only negotiate its withdrawal from the European Union, a process fraught with economic and political risks, but it must also hold itself together amid a renewed clamor from Scotland for independence. Early signs are that Britain’s economy has already taken a substantial hit from the exit vote, or “Brexit.”

Farage is neither a Member of Parliament nor a member of the Conservative Party which would make it rather difficult for him to be Prime Minister. Boris Johnson withdrew his candidacy and would have found it difficult to hold the Party together.

In a parliamentary system, trying to lead a Party from an extreme position is unlikely to be successful - as the Labour Party are rediscovering. The Tory Party is the most successful political Party in anybody’s history because it knows how to keep itself together.

I wish her all the best. The fact that she is a woman makes no never mind to me, but the fact that her party are rallying round her and thus government will be stable is important. If only the Labour party would concentrate on being an effective opposition instead of back stabbing and floundering about all over the place.